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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: This is a simple, straightforward question. Can the Minister of State give an update on when a consultation forum will be re-established for the development by the Land Development Agency, LDA, of Columb Barracks in Mullingar?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State for the reply, but it is extremely disappointing, to be frank. The LDA was announced in 2018. As part of that announcement, Columb Barracks in Mullingar was on the initial list of sites to be developed. As the Minister of State has referenced himself, almost 100 houses could be provided there. On Tuesday, 29 September 2020, I, along with the then Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: -----we are no wiser about the development of this iconic site in Mullingar.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: Frankly, we need something better and more concrete, so I can-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: -----go back to my constituents in relation to Columb Barracks in Mullingar.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: No.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: If other speakers stuck within their times, I would not be condensed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: You could get co-operation from others.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: Once upon a time, in its heyday, this site housed 330 men. I always said that when the temporary protection applicants moved in there, we should have done up the old buildings and housed them there. We should have utilised the buildings, rather than putting modular units in the square. That did not happen, unfortunately. It did not happen because we did not have a plan in place, and...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I welcome my constituency colleague to the Lower House. I am not sure whether his party colleague would do so, but I certainly do. I compliment him on the good work he has done in the area of autism. I know he is personally involved and he brought that personal commitment to this report. I congratulate him and his colleagues on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. He is correct that St. Patrick's Day is a unique opportunity for unparalleled access across the globe and is something we should be very proud of. We have an opportunity this year to promote our values. The values we are talking about are our opposition to the war in Gaza. I welcome that he said that in the event that no ceasefire is in place by...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State for coming in this evening. How can we justify our allies' role in the genocide happening in Gaza? Can we stand by and say nothing? The simple answer is that we cannot. I refer to the line used by our allies, namely, that Hamas carried out its attack first. This was an attack that this Parliament was united in condemning, but an attack the UN Secretary...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the fact that the school transport scheme went to Cabinet for approval today. I worry that it is reported that improvements will not be implemented until the 2025-26 academic year. Please do not raise the white flag already. Please try to ensure that recommendations can be introduced in the coming academic year. Working families in particular are waiting on the broadening of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: The Taoiseach will be aware that, because of ash dieback, a significant number of ash trees have to be felled this year in the interest of public safety. Due to the significant number of trees to be felled, there is a backlog and farmers are finding it more difficult to access contractors to do this by 1 March in the hedge-cutting season. Is any consideration being given to extending the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: What we are witnessing in Gaza at the moment is horrific with the slaughtering of innocents and the withholding of aid. The past number of months have been horrific. I acknowledge the role the Tánaiste has played. Indeed, the Taoiseach has been very much to the fore in condemning what is going on there. The Taoiseach's intervention yesterday with his counterpart in Spain, the...

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Anything that gives consumers greater protection is to be welcomed. Unfortunately, we are all too well aware of situations where financial institutions have shattered the trust that has been placed in them and have exploited people's lack of financial expertise for their own material gain. Only in the last few days, we read a report...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the Minister's reply. He is right. This was a critical support at the time of the response to Covid. It helped businesses through a very difficult trading period. The environment is not as challenging as it was during Covid but it remains very challenging for businesses. We have high energy costs, the increase in VAT, auto-enrolment, sick pay and the increase in minimum wages....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I do not think there is much further to add. It is critically important that the message goes out from this House that businesses should engage with Revenue and should not bury their heads in the sand. When they are forthcoming and engage with Revenue, the Minister is saying today that flexibilities will be forthcoming and we should know very shortly what those flexibilities will look like....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure flexibility and support for businesses with regard to tax debt warehousing. [4605/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: The Minister will be acutely aware the Government introduced debt warehousing as part of the response to difficult trading conditions for businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses that availed of debt warehousing are now receiving letters from Revenue demanding repayment. I welcome that the Minster stated a few weeks ago there would be flexibility. Today, if possible, I would...